Accreting White Dwarfs - From exoplanetary probes to classical novae and Type Ia supernovae

This book describes the accretion process onto white dwarf stars across a broad range of astrophysical settings from the accretion of tidally disrupted bodies in exoplanetary systems to cataclysmic variables, the classical nova explosions, and Type Ia supernova explosions triggered by accretion onto white dwarfs.

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• Authors: Professor Edward (Villanova University) M. Sion, Edward M Sion, Edward M. Sion, Edward M. (Villanova University) Sion, Professor Edward (Villanova University) Sion
• Publisher: Institute of Physics Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 28.09.2023, delayed
• EAN: 9780750320405
• ISBN: 978-0-7503-2040-5
• No. of pages: 259
• Dimensions: 178 mm x 254 mm x 22 mm
• Illustrations: With figures in colour and black and white
• Series: AAS-IOP Astronomy; IOP ebooks
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Astronomy